Journey to: Mazda Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

Posted: 2018-03-21Updated: 2018-10-11By: Kristian Adolfsson

Mazda started it’s production here in Hiroshima in 1920 under the name Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. In 1931 they started manufacturing the 3-wheel trucks called Mazda-go, and the first passenger vehicle was the R360 Coupé in 1960. They are also pioneers when it comes to rotary engines (Wankel engines) and they have used it in many of their cars, and the first was the Cosmos Sport (110S) which you can see in the image gallery below.

The plant now produces 4 models on the same assembly line which is quite unique. During the tour of the museums you get to see (but not photograph) the line where for instance the wind shield is glued to the car. When we watched the robot doing the job it first handled a small window for a Miata, then a big front window for a CX-8, and then a Miata again. Really cool.